Index

Abedus

Acacia

Acerates sp.

Acer saccharinum

Achaearanea tepidariorum

Acheta domesticus

Acid rain

Acorns, pin oak

Aedes

albopictus

Aerial plankton

Aeshnoidea

Africa

South

Agelaius phoeniceus

Ailanthus altissima

Air-breathing catfish

Airports

Aix sponsa

Alabama

Alaska

Alauda arvensis

Albany, New York

Albizia julibrissin

Alectoris chukar

Alfalfa

Algae

Alligator

Amazona

ochrocephala

viridigenalis

Amberwing

Ambrosia

artemisiifolia

spp.

Ambystoma maculatum

Ameiva

giant

Ameiva ameiva

American cockroach

American elm

leaves

American house spider

American kestrel

American robin

American sycamore

American toad

Amia calva

Ammophila breviligulata

Amoebic dysentery

Amphibians. See Frog; Salamander; Toad

Amur, white

Anacharis spp.

Anas platyrhynchos

Anax junius

Andropogon scoparius

Anguilla rostrata

Annelids

Anoles

Anolis

carolinensis

cristatellus

cybotes

distichus

equestris

garmani

sagrei

Anopheles

Anoplura

Anthracnose fungus

Anthrax

Ants

white

Aphids

Apis mellifera

Apocynum spp.

Apple tree

Arabic

Arachnida

Araneidae

Araneus

Aratinga

chloroptera

holochlora

Archoplites interruptus

Argentina

Argiopidae

Arid environments

Arizona

Armadillos

Arson

Artemisia

absinthium

biennis

herba-alba

judaica

tridentata

vulgaris

Arthropoda

Asbestos

Asclepias spp.

Ash

green

mountain

Asia

Minor

Southeast

Asian tiger mosquito

Asparagus

Aspen

bigtooth

quaking

Aspirin

Atlanta

Atlantic Ocean

Australia

Avena sativa

Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis

Backswimmer

Bacteria, symbiotic

Bahamas

Bald eagle

Bamboo

Bambusa sp.

Bangkok

Bangladesh

Bank swallow

Barbels (fish whiskers)

Bark anole

Barley

Barn swallow

Barnyard grass

Basiliscus vittatus

Basilisk, brown

Bass

largemouth

rock

smallmouth

spotted

striped

Basswood

Bat

brown

big

little

feed on bedbugs

houses

Baygon

Beaches, killdeer plover

Beach grass

Bedbug

Beech

Bees

honey

Beet cf. lamb’s quarters

Beetle

bread

confused flour

elm bark

flour

furniture

grain

mealworm

red flour

saw-toothed

square-necked

Belostoma

Belostomatidae

Beluga whale

Bering Sea

Bermuda

Beta vulgaris

Bible

Bidens spp.

Biennial wormwood

Bigtooth aspen

Bipinnately compound leaves

Birches

Birds— 206

American kestrel

crow, common and fish

eagle

European starling

heron

house finch

house sparrow

killdeer plover

migration, human impact on

nest boxes

nighthawk

parrot

peregrine falcon

pheasant

pigeon

red-tailed hawk

swift

see also Blackbird; Dove; Falcon; Grackle; Gull; Owl; Swallow

Bird’s nest soup

Bittern, least

Bitterwood

Blackbird

Brewer’s

red-winged

tricolor

yellow-headed

Black bullhead

Black-crowned night heron

Black francolin

Black-hooded conure

Black locust tree

Black oak

Black poplar

Black rat

Black Sea

Black widow spider

Blatta orientalis

Blattaria

Blattella asiana

Blattidae

Blattodea

Blattoidea

Blood-suckers

Blowfly

Bluebird

competition with starling

eastern

nestboxes

Bluegill

Bluejay

Blue pirate dragonfly

Bluestem

Bluets

Boat-tailed grackle

Bobcat

Bog turtle

Bonytail

Book lice

Bookworm

Boric acid against cockroach

Boston

Botaurus lentiginosus

Bowfin

Brahminy blind snake

Bran bug

Brazil

Breadfruit

Brewer’s blackbird

Brine shrimp

Bristletail

British Columbia

Broad-leaved plantain

Bromus tectorum

Bronx

Brooklyn

Brotogeris

jugularis

versicolurus

Brown anole

Brown-banded cockroach

Brown basilisk

Brown-headed cowbird

Brown snake (DeKay)

Brown recluse spider

Bubulcusibis

Buckwheat

Budgerigar

Bufo

americanus

marinus

terrestris

woodhousei

fowleri

Bug

bed

true

water

giant

Bullhead

black

yellow

Bullrush

Burma

Burns, controlled

Buteo jamaicensis

Buteo, North American

Butorides striatus

Butterfly

monarch

Cabomba carolinia

Cactus

Caffeine

Calcium

California

Central Valley

gulls

humpback whale

Loma Linda

Los Angeles

Mission

Monterey Bay

Pacific Grove

peregrine falcons

Point Reyes

Redondo Beach

San Diego

San Francisco

San Pedro

Santa Barbara

Santa Cruz

Sierra Nevada Mountains

Sonoma Valley

Calliphoridae

Callirrhytis cornigera

Canada

British Columbia

Labrador

Newfoundland

Nova Scotia

Ontario

Quebec

Cancer

Canis

familiaris

latrans

lupus

niger

Cankerworms

Cape Cod

Caprimulgidae

Caprimulgus

carolinensis

vociferus

Carassius auratus

Carbon dioxide

Carbon monoxide

Cardinal

Caretta caretta

Caribbean

Carob tree

Carp

breeding, Japan

common

German

goldfish

grass

Koi

Carpodacus

cassinii

mexicanus

purpureus

Carrier pigeon

Caspian Sea

Cassin’s finch

Casuarina

Cat

domestic

feral

European wild

Pallas

Persian

steppe

Caterpillar, tent

Catfish

air-breathing

channel

suckermouth

walking

Cathartus quadricollis

Cattail

Cattle egret

Centipedes

house

Central America

Central Park. See under New York City

Centrarchidae

Ceratonia siliqua

Ceratophyllum spp.

Chaetura pelagica

Chaffinches

Chalcids

Channel catfish

Charadriiformes

Charadrius

melodus

vociferus

Chelonia

depressa

mydas

agassazi

Chelydra

osceola

serpentina

osceola

serpentina

Chenopodiaceae

Chenopodium

album

ambrosioides

bonus-henricus

botrys

capitatum

glaucum

hybridum

murale

paganum

polyspermum

rubrum

urbicum

Cherry tree

Chestnut tree

Chicken

Chickweed

Chicory

Chilopoda

Chimney swift

China

Manchuria

Chipmunk

Eastern

least

Chlorofluorocarbons

Cholera

Chordeiles minor

Chrysemys picta

Chuck-will’s widow

Chukar

Cicada

Cichorium

endivia

intybus

Ciconiformes

Cimex

hemipterus

pilosellus

Cimexopsis nyctalus

Clarias batrachus

Claytonia

Clemmys

guttata

insculpta

marmorata

muhlenbergi

Cliff swallow

Clover

hop

least

smaller

red

white

yellow sweet

Club mosses

Cnemidophorus

lemniscatus

sexlineatus

Coast

Cobweb weavers

Coca-Cola

Cockroach

American

Asian (flying)

boric acid

brown-banded

German

Oriental

tropical

Coenagrionidae

Coffee

Coleoptrata

Colonial insects

Colorado

Colorado River

Colorado squawfish

Columba livia

Columbidae

Columbiformes

Comb-footed spider

Compositae

Compound leaves

bipinnately

Conepatus leuconotus

Confederate pin tree

Confused flour beetle

Conifers

Connecticut

New Haven

Conure, black-hooded

Coontail

Cordgrass

Corn

Cornell University Hawk Barn

Corvus

brachyrhynchos

ossifragus

Costa Rica

Cottontail rabbit, eastern

Cottonwood

eastern

narrowleaf

plains

Cow

Cowbird

Coydog

Coyote

Crab apple

Crab

horseshoe

Crabgrass

Crab lice

Crappies

Creosote

Cricket

field

house

song

Croton bug

Crow, common and fish

Crows of the World

Crustacea

Ctenopharyngodon idella

Ctenosaura pectinata

Cuban treefrog

Cuculicidae

Culex

Curly-tailed lizard

Cyanocitta cristata

Cycads

Cyprinus carpio

Cythion

Dactylis glomerata

Daddy-long-legs

Daisy family

Dallas

Damselfly

narrow-winged

Danaidae

Danaus plexippus

Dandelion

Danube River

Daphnia

Darner

DDT

Decodon verticillatus

Deer

dog as predator

whitetail

Deet

Defoliation

DeKay snake

Delaware

Delphinapterus leucas

Dendrocalamus

Dengue fever

Dermochelys coriacea

Desert wormwood

Diazinon

Dickcissel

Digitaria sanguinalis

Dinosaurs

Diplopoda

Diptera

Disease transmission

encephalitis

housefly

mice

mosquitoes

Dog

domestic

hybrid

Dogbane

Dolphin

white-beaked

white-sided

Dove

mourning

ringed turtledove

rock (pigeon)

spotted

Dragonfly

fossil

migration

white-tailed